3 Stocks Returning Loads of Cash

These companies off the potential for higher dividends and share repurchases, JP Morgan says.

U.S. companies are showering shareholders with record sums of cash in the form of dividends and share repurchases. As a result, despite a run-up in share prices, stocks return more cash to investors than bonds, according to a recent report by JP Morgan. And although investors have long prized defensive companies for their income, cyclicals have taken the lead in total spending on shareholders.

The Russell 1000 index of large U.S. companies has climbed 22% in a year -- but dividend payments have climbed just as much....